Container with discharge passage arranged for measuring by tipping



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. i/erz F 12 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 19, 1947 DISCHARGE PASSAGEMEASURING BY TIP- CONTAINER WITH ARRANGED FOR PING Albert Par-tin,Livingston, Mont. Application July 19, 1943, Serial No. 495,332

2' Claims.

My invention relates to containers for sugar and the like, which areemployed for table service, and has among its objects and advantages theprovision of an improved dispensing container designed to dispensepredetermined quantities of material, but in which the construction issuch as to facilitate adjustment to vary the quantity of the measuredportions.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a container in accordance with myinvention.

Figure 2 is an inside face view of a cover member.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the container.

Figure 4 is a view of a cover end of a dispensing spout, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a measuring adjustment.

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, I make useof a container having a threaded neck 12 for connection with a screw capM. A second cap I6 is provided with an annular flange l8 [formed withthreads 20 having threaded connection with the threaded flange 22 on thecap M. The two caps 14 and I6 are spaced in Figure 1 to provide adispensing chamber 24.

A spout 26 has one end attached to the annular flange l8 andcommunicates with the chamber 24. This spout is provided with a hingedcover 21 at its discharging end.

A dispensing neck 28 is formed on the cap l4 diametrically opposite theinlet end 30 of the spout 26. The neck 28 provides an openingcommuicating with the container 10 so that the material in the containermay flow through the neck and into the chamber 24. The flow continuesuntil the material has piled up to the end of a sleeve 32 havingthreaded connection with the neck 28. The distance between the lower endof the sleeve 32 and the bottom face of the cover 16 determines themeasured quantity of material to be dispensed.

In operation, the material heaped underneath the sleeve 32 is dispensedby merely tightening the container In to cause the material in thechamber 24 to flow into and from the spout 26.

A gasket 34 is interposed between the cover I4 and the end of the neck12. The cap I4 i first threaded onto the neck 12, after which the cap 16is threaded on the cap l4. Both caps are threaded tightly home and arethereby effectively connected with the container 10. However, the cap 16may be unthreaded from the cap 14, and the sleeve 32 may be easilyadjusted to vary the measured quantity of material to be dispensed fromthe chamber 24.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain myinvention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adaptthe same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

1. A dispensing device comprising a receptacle for the material to bedispensed and havin an open top, a pair of caps threadedly engaged witheach other to form a chamber between the caps, one of said capsconstituting a cover for the open top of the receptacle, said latter caphaving an outlet therein for the material in the receptacle to thechamber between the caps, a longitudinally adjustable sleeve about saidoutlet to regulate the quantity of material introduced into the chamber,an elongated outlet spout for the chamber extending parallel with thereceptacle and terminating at a point adjacent its bottom a hinged coverat its discharging end, and the outlet in the chamber beingdiametrically opposite the inlet of said outlet spout.

2. The invention as in claim 1, wherein the sleeve is threaded to adjustits position with respect to the second cap to regulate the quantity ofmaterial dispensed.

' ALBERT PARTIN.

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